The Visitors

The Visitors is a collection of eight tales of strange encounters. These encounters range from supposed alien abductions to dark retributions to perceived judgments. Each story is unique and entertaining and always surprising.The word count is over 24,000 which is equivalent to about 75 printed book pages. More

The Visitors: Eight Tales of Strange Encounters is a collection of short stories. The collection is over 24,000 words and is roughly equivalent to 75 pages.

The Visitors - Hawkcatcher is abducted by strange creatures that aren't who you might think they are, but neither is Hawkcatcher.

The Bargeman's Refund - Walter Smythe has died and gone into the afterlife. But there's a problem, and it's not just that he's an American.

Beware The Boogie Man - Mr. Weinder doesn't like visitors and treats them justly, until one night....

Bottled Up Wishes - Becareful what you wish for, because sometimes you just might get more.

The Dark Side Of The Mirror - Laura Brickle wishes her life was different. Oops.

Valhalla, Inc. - Thel, the viking, questions his existence and finds out more than any viking could ever wish to know.

Weirdos - Randy just wants to be left alone. He makes a deal with the Weirdo, but everythig has a catch.

The Trial - Michael visits his grandmother and once again has to face her stone-face jury.

Earl T. Roske is a writer and playwright. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. His short plays have appeared in festivals and shows around the world.While Earl's fiction is generally focused on speculative fiction he doesn't shy away from writing what ever fires his interest. His work currently ranges from literary prose to horror to young adult.Earl is currently in the final stretches of bringing his first full-length novel, Tale of the Music-Thief, out into the world. At the same time his is - like so many other authors - working on several other novel projects while simultaneously writing short stories, more plays, and living his life with his family.

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Reviews

Review by:
Tabby M
on Sep. 17, 2013 :
The stories are an easy read. The storielines are capturing and original ideas. It has a couple of spelling errors. But they didn't deminish the quality of the stories.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by:
dlg dlg
on March 08, 2013 :
These eight stories were easy reading, self standing and suitable for short periods of time. The research for the mythology inspired stories gave an interesting context to this book which otherwise could benefit from careful proofreading e.g. locations 201 fired/396 to/429 There/ 436 there/435 scrapped /437 "small crowd of sympathy and tears" /533 look /862 to/1156 use.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)